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Unit 4 AOS 1 Flashcards

1
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Income Levels of Countries

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High, Middle and Low

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Characteristics of Countries are divided into three categories

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Economic, Social and Environmental

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Economic Characteristics of Countries

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  • Poverty
  • Global Trade
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Social Characteristics of Countries

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  • Gender Equality
  • Birth and Population rates
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Environmental Characteristics of Countries

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  • Safe water and Sanitation
  • High Levels of CO2 emissions
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Links to Health Status and Health Wellbeing in regard to safe water for low and high-income countries

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  • How people access their water
  • Quality of water
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Links to HS and HW in regard to Sanitation for low and high-income countries

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  • Quality of toilet facilities
  • Education levels of populations
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Links to HS and HW in regard to Poverty for low and high-income countries

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  • Average incomes
  • Susceptibility to Illness
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Links to HS and HW in regard to Discrimination for low and high-income countries

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  • Chance for an education
  • Mental Health due to discrimination
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What is responsible for high smoking rates?

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  • Parents
  • Health Literacy
  • Companies targeting low-income countries
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Effects of high smoking rates

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Greater incidence and eventual prevalence of lung cancers due to smoking

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Sustainability

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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

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Economic Sustainability

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Ensuring that average incomes in all countries are adequate to sustain a decent standard of living and continue to rise in line with inflation and living costs in the future

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What can maintain Economic Sustainability?

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  • Trade
  • Economic Growth
  • Job Creation
  • Innovation and diversity of industries
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Social Sustainability

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Creating an equitable society that meets the needs of all citizens and can be maintained indefinitely

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What can maintain Social Sustainability?

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  • Access to safe and decent working conditions
  • Promotion of political and legal rights
  • Peace
  • Elimination of poverty and the provision of social protection systems
  • Gender Equality
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Environmental Sustainability

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Ensuring the natural environment is used in a way that will preserve resources into the future

18
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What can maintain Environmental Sustainability?

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  • Climate
  • Biodiversity
  • Natural resources
  • Organically grown food
19
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Describe the Human Development Index (HDI)

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The HDI is a measure of a country’s social and economic development, providing a single statistic between 0 to 1, where the closer to 1, the more developed the country is. It consists of three dimensions; a long and healthy life, knowledge and a decent standard of living.

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Elements of Human Development

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  • Lead long health lives
  • Have access to knowledge and expand their choices and capabilities
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Advantages of the Human Development Index

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  • Provides a single statistic providing ease of comparison between countries
  • Provides an indication to the UN with data which they can use to allocate funding on initiatives and programmes for improvement
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Disadvantages of the Human Development Index

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  • It doesn’t provide info on inequalities that exist in the countries as its based on averages
  • No survey data is collected, therefore no personal health information is considered
23
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Implication of Climate Change

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  • Rising sea levels
  • Extreme Weather
  • Health Implications
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Implications of Conflict and Mass Migration

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  • Conflict can cause violence and injury
  • Mass migration can mean large amounts of people do not have shelter and can therefore be exposed to disease
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Implications of World Trade

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  • People may be displaced from their land due to governments seizing tribal land
  • The government can use the money to aid the citizens in areas of society that can promote health and wellbeing
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Implications of Tourism

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  • The tourism industry can source more employment opportunities
  • Tourism can contribute to a rise in air and water pollution, jeopardising the standard of living that locals live at.

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